Apparently, I offended some people with my question: can you be a "hipster" and a "mom?"  The Hipster Mom herself wrote a response blog in which she told me to, erm, "suck it."  I'm assuming she means a delicious banana popsicle. 

Let me plainly say:  Moms can have other interests besides their children.  Of course!  But The Hipster Mom says that being a hipster entails "looking good, feeling good and enjoying who you are."  I have to disagree with this.  That definition is so general as to apply to a number of people.  Hipsters, as understood by most, are a subculture that, according to Time Magazine:

"...are the friends who sneer when you cop to liking Coldplay. They're the people who wear t-shirts silk-screened with quotes from movies you've never heard of and the only ones in America who still think Pabst Blue Ribbon is a good beer. They sport cowboy hats and berets and think Kanye West stole their sunglasses. Everything about them is exactingly constructed to give off the vibe that they just don't care."

And moms, if anything, should care.  About a lot of things.  It's unencumbered teens and early 20-somethings, on the other hand, who have the luxury of not caring.  And of worrying about their "cred."  If you're a mom and you're that worried about "being cool," then maybe you should take a second look at your priorities.

That's all I'm saying.  I never meant to create a bunch of unhappy hipsters (*wink*). 

Truce, Hipster Mom?